Jimbo Fisher

GROVELAND — Bursting with pride, south Lake residents welcomed ace Florida State placekicker Roberto Aguayo back home today. He didn't disappoint. The South Lake High graduate with a 92-percent accuracy rate on field goals talked humbly about his accomplishments and then answered fans' questions, signed autographs and posed for photos. Speaking at the Puryear Building next to a "National Champions 2013" banner and in front of the Lou Groza award he won in 2013 as the nation's top kicker, Aguayo told a crowd of about 80 about he parlayed his love for soccer as a kid into heady success on the gridiron. He said he thought about entering the NFL draft after...

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